February 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
May 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Dance of the hours around three putti with cornucopia's (cornucopiae?). Plentiful time with Francesco Primaticcio, whose day has been today.
April 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dance of the hours around three putti with cornucopia's (cornucopiae?). Plentiful time with Francesco Primaticcio, whose day has been today.
Dance of the hours around three putti with cornucopia's (cornucopiae). Plentiful time with Francesco Primaticcio, whose day has been today.
April 30, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Dance of the hours around three putti with cornucopia's (cornucopiae). Plentiful time with Francesco Primaticcio, whose day has been today.
#FrescoFriday - A painted ceiling panel discovered in February 1772 in the bath complex at the Villa of Diomedes, Pompeii (HGW24). A wryly-grinning Medusa head set within a border dominated by four cornucopiae. #Pompeii #Artchaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9973)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9973)
February 27, 2026 at 9:52 AM
#FrescoFriday - A painted ceiling panel discovered in February 1772 in the bath complex at the Villa of Diomedes, Pompeii (HGW24). A wryly-grinning Medusa head set within a border dominated by four cornucopiae. #Pompeii #Artchaeology 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9973)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9973)
#FrescoFriday - A painted ceiling panel discovered in February 1772 in the bath complex at the Villa of Diomedes, Pompeii (HGW24). A wryly-grinning Medusa head set within a border dominated by four cornucopiae. #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9973)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9973)
February 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
#FrescoFriday - A painted ceiling panel discovered in February 1772 in the bath complex at the Villa of Diomedes, Pompeii (HGW24). A wryly-grinning Medusa head set within a border dominated by four cornucopiae. #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9973)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9973)
Latin "libra pondo" means "a pound by weight", where libra = 'a pound (329 g)' + pondo 'by weight', so we're using the wrong part of the phrase for English 'pounds', but the right abbreviation lb. (for libra)
Similarly, the British pound ("by weight") uses the abbreviation
£ for "libra" ("pound").
Similarly, the British pound ("by weight") uses the abbreviation
£ for "libra" ("pound").
May 19, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Latin "libra pondo" means "a pound by weight", where libra = 'a pound (329 g)' + pondo 'by weight', so we're using the wrong part of the phrase for English 'pounds', but the right abbreviation lb. (for libra)
Similarly, the British pound ("by weight") uses the abbreviation
£ for "libra" ("pound").
Similarly, the British pound ("by weight") uses the abbreviation
£ for "libra" ("pound").
This 2,000 year-old woman’s luxury leather sandal is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’!
Made in Gaul (France), it was excavated from the residence of the commanding officer at Vindolanda, a Roman fort on the northern frontier.
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
Made in Gaul (France), it was excavated from the residence of the commanding officer at Vindolanda, a Roman fort on the northern frontier.
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
July 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM
This 2,000 year-old woman’s luxury leather sandal is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’!
Made in Gaul (France), it was excavated from the residence of the commanding officer at Vindolanda, a Roman fort on the northern frontier.
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
Made in Gaul (France), it was excavated from the residence of the commanding officer at Vindolanda, a Roman fort on the northern frontier.
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
Scaliger's copy of the Thesaurus Cornucopiae (Adus Manutius, Aug. 1496)
@queenscollegeox
sel.e.1496 in a Roger Payne binding #incunable
@queenscollegeox
sel.e.1496 in a Roger Payne binding #incunable
April 17, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Scaliger's copy of the Thesaurus Cornucopiae (Adus Manutius, Aug. 1496)
@queenscollegeox
sel.e.1496 in a Roger Payne binding #incunable
@queenscollegeox
sel.e.1496 in a Roger Payne binding #incunable
A new context for a #PointyThing!
@chapps.bsky.social
(For those who are new to the Pointy-Things-in-Cornucopiae debate which has taken place at length in Another Place, explanation and more examples to follow in due course.)
@chapps.bsky.social
(For those who are new to the Pointy-Things-in-Cornucopiae debate which has taken place at length in Another Place, explanation and more examples to follow in due course.)
AncientBlueSky🏺🪙
Cistophorus showing the head of #Augustus; #Capricorn with cornucopia and laurel wreath. Minted in #Ephesus in 25-20 BCE.
KM 1991.02.0319, Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan
#Coin #History
Cistophorus showing the head of #Augustus; #Capricorn with cornucopia and laurel wreath. Minted in #Ephesus in 25-20 BCE.
KM 1991.02.0319, Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan
#Coin #History
December 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM
A new context for a #PointyThing!
@chapps.bsky.social
(For those who are new to the Pointy-Things-in-Cornucopiae debate which has taken place at length in Another Place, explanation and more examples to follow in due course.)
@chapps.bsky.social
(For those who are new to the Pointy-Things-in-Cornucopiae debate which has taken place at length in Another Place, explanation and more examples to follow in due course.)
#OnThisDay - or rather BY this day, 11 February - in AD 55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, the son of Emperor Claudius, was dead - allegedly through Nero poisoning him. #Rome 🏺
Image: Silver drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia; BM (1893,0804.3). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: Silver drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia; BM (1893,0804.3). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
February 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#OnThisDay - or rather BY this day, 11 February - in AD 55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, the son of Emperor Claudius, was dead - allegedly through Nero poisoning him. #Rome 🏺
Image: Silver drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia; BM (1893,0804.3). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: Silver drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia; BM (1893,0804.3). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#OnThisDay - 27 January - in AD 98 Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Trajan) succeeded Nerva as Roman Emperor. His reign was marked by extensive military campaigning; he also adopted the title 'Optimus' - 'The Best'! #History 🏺
Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
January 27, 2026 at 9:29 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 January - in AD 98 Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Trajan) succeeded Nerva as Roman Emperor. His reign was marked by extensive military campaigning; he also adopted the title 'Optimus' - 'The Best'! #History 🏺
Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - or rather BY this day, 11 February - in AD 55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, the son of Emperor Claudius, was dead - allegedly through Nero poisoning him. 🏺
Image: Silver drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia; British Museum (1893,0804.3). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: Silver drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia; British Museum (1893,0804.3). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
#OnThisDay - or rather BY this day, 11 February - in AD 55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, the son of Emperor Claudius, was dead - allegedly through Nero poisoning him. 🏺
Image: Silver drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia; British Museum (1893,0804.3). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: Silver drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia; British Museum (1893,0804.3). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#OnThisDay - 31 August - in AD 161 the Roman emperor Commodus was born at Lanuvium. Dio (73.1.2) states he "hated all exertion and craved the comfortable life of the city". #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 610; ANS 1959.228.29. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 610; ANS 1959.228.29. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
August 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#OnThisDay - 31 August - in AD 161 the Roman emperor Commodus was born at Lanuvium. Dio (73.1.2) states he "hated all exertion and craved the comfortable life of the city". #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 610; ANS 1959.228.29. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 610; ANS 1959.228.29. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Cornucopiae are quite often veritable, too.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Cornucopiae are quite often veritable, too.
#OnThisDay - 20 February - in AD 116 Trajan despatched "laureatae missae" ('laurelled letters') back to the Senate, denoting his claim of victory for his campaign against Parthia. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC II Trajan 373; British Museum (1867,0101.662). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC II Trajan 373; British Museum (1867,0101.662). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
February 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
#OnThisDay - 20 February - in AD 116 Trajan despatched "laureatae missae" ('laurelled letters') back to the Senate, denoting his claim of victory for his campaign against Parthia. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC II Trajan 373; British Museum (1867,0101.662). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC II Trajan 373; British Museum (1867,0101.662). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 20 February - in AD 116 Trajan despatched "laureatae missae" ('laurelled letters') back to the Senate, denoting his claim of victory for his campaign against Parthia. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC II Trajan 373; British Museum (1867,0101.662). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC II Trajan 373; British Museum (1867,0101.662). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
February 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#OnThisDay - 20 February - in AD 116 Trajan despatched "laureatae missae" ('laurelled letters') back to the Senate, denoting his claim of victory for his campaign against Parthia. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC II Trajan 373; British Museum (1867,0101.662). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC II Trajan 373; British Museum (1867,0101.662). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
French fashion on the Roman frontier some 2,000 years ago!
A stylish and expensive lady’s leather toe-thong sandal made in Gaul (modern France), found at Vindolanda fort in northern England. It is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’.
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
A stylish and expensive lady’s leather toe-thong sandal made in Gaul (modern France), found at Vindolanda fort in northern England. It is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’.
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
February 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
French fashion on the Roman frontier some 2,000 years ago!
A stylish and expensive lady’s leather toe-thong sandal made in Gaul (modern France), found at Vindolanda fort in northern England. It is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’.
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
A stylish and expensive lady’s leather toe-thong sandal made in Gaul (modern France), found at Vindolanda fort in northern England. It is stamped with the maker’s name ‘Lucius Aebutius Thales’.
📷 by me
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology
#OnThisDay - 11 April - in AD 217 Marcus Opellius Macrinus was proclaimed emperor following Caracalla' assassination. His reign would be brief, around 14 months, with Antioch as his centre of power. 🏺
Image: RIC IV Macrinus 18; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 36934). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC IV Macrinus 18; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 36934). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
April 11, 2026 at 1:21 PM
#OnThisDay - 11 April - in AD 217 Marcus Opellius Macrinus was proclaimed emperor following Caracalla' assassination. His reign would be brief, around 14 months, with Antioch as his centre of power. 🏺
Image: RIC IV Macrinus 18; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 36934). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC IV Macrinus 18; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 36934). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
The woodcut cherubs added as chapter-ends are adorable. So much love used to go into bookmaking.
January 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The woodcut cherubs added as chapter-ends are adorable. So much love used to go into bookmaking.
Cavorting ?cherubs riding cornucopiæ inside an initial. In Walter Charleton’s ‘A fabrick of science natural, upon the hypothesis of atoms’ (London, 1654), this copy annotated by Samuel Pepys’ friend William Brouncker. Came to @theulspeccoll.bsky.social in 1715. CUL Adv.a.27.7.
May 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Cavorting ?cherubs riding cornucopiæ inside an initial. In Walter Charleton’s ‘A fabrick of science natural, upon the hypothesis of atoms’ (London, 1654), this copy annotated by Samuel Pepys’ friend William Brouncker. Came to @theulspeccoll.bsky.social in 1715. CUL Adv.a.27.7.
#OnThisDay - 16 January - in AD 10 the new Temple of Concord, symbolising harmony among the imperial family, was dedicated at Rome in the names of Tiberius and Drusus (Dio 56.25). #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Tiberius 67; BnF (IMP-5737). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Tiberius 67; BnF (IMP-5737). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
#OnThisDay - 16 January - in AD 10 the new Temple of Concord, symbolising harmony among the imperial family, was dedicated at Rome in the names of Tiberius and Drusus (Dio 56.25). #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Tiberius 67; BnF (IMP-5737). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Tiberius 67; BnF (IMP-5737). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 26 April - in AD 121 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born. He would rule as Roman Emperor AD 161-180, being judged the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors'. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 183; Münzkabinett Berlin (18208908). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 183; Münzkabinett Berlin (18208908). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
April 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
#OnThisDay - 26 April - in AD 121 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born. He would rule as Roman Emperor AD 161-180, being judged the last of the so-called 'Five Good Emperors'. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 183; Münzkabinett Berlin (18208908). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 183; Münzkabinett Berlin (18208908). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
I was thinking about scorpions in ancient iconography this morning and this reminded me of the coins where the Roman personification of Africa 'offers' a scorpion. I so want to cross read the image as proclaiming "settler-colonists beware! Hands off our stuff."
March 17, 2026 at 11:19 AM
I was thinking about scorpions in ancient iconography this morning and this reminded me of the coins where the Roman personification of Africa 'offers' a scorpion. I so want to cross read the image as proclaiming "settler-colonists beware! Hands off our stuff."
#OnThisDay - 27 January - in AD 98 Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Trajan) succeeded Nerva as Roman Emperor. His reign was marked by extensive military campaigning; he also adopted the title 'Optimus' - 'The Best'! 🏺
Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
January 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#OnThisDay - 27 January - in AD 98 Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Trajan) succeeded Nerva as Roman Emperor. His reign was marked by extensive military campaigning; he also adopted the title 'Optimus' - 'The Best'! 🏺
Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC II Trajan 372; BnF (IMP-3401). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....